Copy-holder for type-writers.



PATENTED AUG. 2, 1904.

E. J. BONINE.

COPY HOLDER FOR TYPE WRITERS.

APPLIOATION FILED JAN. 21, 1904.

no MODEL.

W 1 TNESSASZ- UNITED STATES Patented August 2, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

TO JACKSON SIMONTON, OF ALTOONA, PENNSYLVANIA.

COPY-HOLDER FOR TYPE-WRITERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 766,752, dated August2, 1904.

Application filed January 21, 1904. Serial No, 189,986. (No model.)

To all wit/2111, it m/(ty concern:

Be itknown that I, ELsin J. BONINE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Altoona, in the county of Blair and State of Pennsylvania,have invented new and useful Improvements in Copy-Holders forType-\Vriters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to copy-holders of the type designed particularlyfor use on typewriting. machines, and has for its object to provide asimple and practical copy-holder of this character comprising means forholding stenographic notes or other copy in a conspicuous position forthe typist.

A special feature of the invention is to provide a copy-holderconstructed with special reference to its attachment to the travelingcarriage of a type-writing machine, whereby the notes or other copy maybe held in the most advantageous position directly in front of thetype-writer, whereby the notes or copy can be readily followed with theeyes and the manipulation of the machine maintained without thenecessity of stopping to examine the copy at one side of the machine orin other inconvenient places, such as usually necessary without a deviceof this character.

A general object of the invention is to provide a simple construction ofholder having sufficient lightness for its attachment to the travelingcarriage of the machine, while at the same time embodying all thenecessary elements to provide for properly and securely holding thecopy, whether in the form of a note-book or loose sheet.

WVith these and many other objects in view, which will more readilyappear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the sameconsists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement ofparts, which will be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated, andclaimed.

The essential features of the invention involved in the structuralformation of the cop yholder and the means for attaching it to thetraveling carriage of the machine are necessarily susceptible tostructural change without departing from the scope of the invention;

but a preferred embodiment thereof is shown in the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation of the copyholderconstructed in accordance with the present invention and shown appliedto the traveling carriage of a type-writing machine. Fig. 2 is an endelevation of the same construction. Fig. 3 is a detail view of onecorner of the main back member, showing the hanger-bracket forengagement with a part of the type-writing machine. Fig. 4 is an endview of the detail as shown in Fig. 3. Figs. 5 and 6 are views similarto Figs. 3 and 4, showing a slightly-modified arrangement of theengaging hook of the hanger for attachment to a different form offrame-piece upon the carriage or other part of the type-writing machine.

Like reference-numerals designate corresponding parts in the severalfigures in the drawings.

In carrying out the invention the same may be adapted to any of theordinary type-writing machincs having a traveling carriage; but forillustrative purposes there is shown in the drawings a fragment of atype-writing machine of the Underwood type, said machine including theusual stationary machineframe 1 and the traveling carriage 2, having atransversely-disposcd frame piece or bar 3, which is utilized in thepresent invention as a convenient point of attachment for thecopyholder, consisting generally of a main back member 5, constitutingthe frame or body portion of the device.

The main back member or body portion 5 of the copy-holder may consist'ofa single blank of sheet metal, but is preferably of a skeletonformation, as is shown in the drawings, and essentially comprising aplurality of parallel longitudinally -arranged framestrips 6 and thetransverselydisposed end bars 7, to which the ends of the longitudinalstrips 6 are permanently united by the rivets or equivalent fastenings8. This main back member or body portion 5 provides a backrest uponwhich is placed the stenographie note-book or other copy, andirrespective of the detail formation of the same the said back member orbody portion 5 is designed to be arranged in an upright position at aninclination, as plainly shown in Fig. 2, and is provided at one end witha forwardly-projecting end-rest flange 9 to assist in properly holdingthe Work in place. At its lower edge the back member or body portion 5is further provided with a forwardly and downwardly inclined supportingbase-shelf 10, constituting a bottom support for the work and which ispreferably provided with corrugations 11 to form holding-ledges toprevent the sliding down of the copy and also to steady the latteragainst movement by reason of the vibration of the traveling carriagesupporting the copy-holder. The supporting base-shelf 10 is provided atthe end adjoining the rest-flange 9 with an upturned flange 12,constituting a corner-guard for the work.

In addition to the flanges 9, 10, and 12 the back member or body portion5 has, preferably, fitted to the end bars thereof the oppositelydisposed and inwardly projecting spring clamping-fingers 13, havingpermanent connection 14: with said end bars and serving to clamp overthe edges of a book or sheet of a size to fit between the said fingers.

To provide for attaching the back member or body portion to thecarriage, the same is provided at one of its bottom corners with alongitudinally offset hanger bracket 15, formed with an open engaginghook 16, adapted to be detachably slipped over the framepiece 3 of thecarriage. This hook may be sufliciently tight to have a clampingpressure upon the frame-piece, and may be disposed vertically, as'shownin Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4:, or horizontally, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6,or, in fact, in any plane according to the shape and position of themachine part or framepiece to which the holder is adapted. Theconstruction described permits the ready attachment and detachment ofthe copy-holder.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed, and desired to besecured by Letters Patent, .is-

1. A copy-holder for type-writing machines comprising a main back memberprovided at its bottom edge with a supporting base-shelf having at oneend a corner-guard, said back member being further provided at theo-pposite bottom corner with a longitudinally-offset hanger-brackethaving an open engagingmember being further provided with ahangerbracket and a pair of oppositely-disposed inwardly projectingclamping fingers for the work.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

ELSIE J. BONINE. Witnesses:

Mrs. N. E. GEE, N. E. GEE.

